When does Game of Thrones' final season premiere?

HBO announced the premiere date for the eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones” on Sunday. The first of six movie-sized episodes arrives in 13 weeks.

Fans got a glimpse of what’s to come in a new teaser which sees Sansa Stark (Sophie Turner) and Arya Stark (Maisie Williams) reunite with their adopted brother Jon Snow (Kit Harington) in the family crypt at Winterfell. As they walk past a statue of Lyanna Stark -- Sansa and Arya’s aunt and, unbeknownst to Jon, his mother -- they come across statues of themselves just before the apparent arrival of the Army of the Dead.

It’s the first time the three characters have appeared on screen since the show’s first season, though Entertainment Weekly reports the footage isn’t actually part of an episode but was shot only for promotional use. Still, the inevitable reunion is one of several highly anticipated events to happen in the upcoming season, including new lovers Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) finding out she’s actually his aunt, meaning he has the rightful claim to the iron throne.

There’s also the long-awaited arrival of the Mother of Dragons in King’s Landing to look forward too and the final showdown with the White Walkers, who now have a dragon of their own.